20 May 2025

1.    DR Congo – Noord Kivu- Masisi

Congo's coltan miners dig for world's tech amid struggles

Nestled in the green hills of Masisi territory in Congo, the artisanal Rubaya mining site hums with the sound of generators, as hundreds of men labor by hand to extract coltan, a key mineral crucial for producing modern electronics and defense technology — and fiercely sought after worldwide.

2.    Hague- Equatorial Guinea- Gabon

UN court backs Equatorial Guinea in disputed islands case with Gabon

Judges at the International court of Justice has sided with Equatorial Guinea in a dispute with neighboring Gabon over which treaty settled the ownership of three largely uninhabited oil-rich islands.

3.    Tanzania – South Afrika (Afrika Month)

Blue Economy Roundtable hosted by the Thabo Mbeki African School of International and Public Affairs is taking place today at Johari Rotana Hotel, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania under the theme, "Harnessing the Blue Economy and Tourism for Africa’s Renaissance", 11:00 - 15:00 (EAT).

4.    In our historical archives, it was on this day 20 May 1994 when South Afrika was represented, for the first time, officially at a meeting of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) when mining ministers gathered in Lesotho on 20 May for their annual meeting.